TV MONITOR: Last night, the 11:00pm edition of "Fox
Sports News Primetime" (NESN), ESPN's "SportsCenter" and
CNN/SI's "Sports Tonight" led with the Hawks-Knicks game.
CNN and FSN followed that with MSG President Dave Checketts'
press conference. ESPN followed the Hawks-Knicks with the
retirement of Magic coach Chuck Daly (THE DAILY).
NAMES: Predators President JACK DILLER is in the
critical-care unit of St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville
following a "successful quadruple-bypass" yesterday
(TENNESSEAN, 5/25)....A SAMMY SOSA restaurant is reportedly
in the works for Chicago (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 5/25)....Kings C
VLADE DIVAC appeared on "The Tonight Show" with JAY LENO,
and talked about the bombing of Kosovo, where his family is
still living: "What I see is some crazy stuff because
everybody is suffering, everybody is losing. Nobody is
going to win from this" (NBC, 5/24)....A group of sports
coaches, officials, organizations, administrators and the
media are set to announce today the creation of the ARIZONA
ACCORD, which seeks to "promote greater emphasis on ethical
and character-building aspects of athletic competition" (USA
TODAY, 5/25)....EVANDER HOLYFIELD has started his own record
label, Atlanta-based Real Deal Records, and will concentrate
on what he calls "positive music." Real Deal's first
release this summer will be an album by "self-proclaimed
'God-hop' group Shalom" (EW, 5/28 issue)....In Philadelphia,
John Smallwood, on how 76ers G ALLEN IVERSON handled himself
during the playoffs: "Win or lose, Iverson always showed up
to fulfill his obligation to answer questions. He was
gracious in victory; reflective in defeat. ... Sure, the
cornrows, jewelry and hip-hop clothes were still there, but
that's ... Iverson" (PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 5/25).
